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20 March 2013

George Osborne joins Twitter

The Chancellor follows David Cameron onto the site.

By George Eaton

The “submarine Chancellor” has surfaced – on Twitter. Conservative chairman Grant Shapps broke the news this morning that George Osborne would join the site later today and, minutes later, @george_osborne materialised. 

Here’s how he lost his Twitter virginity. 

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